November 15, 2013

I was working on an outdoor project yesterday – probably one of the last before winter – and looking around saw how many different failures that I’d had in getting everything wrapped up prettily. In the same moment I reminded myself that each of the failures was simply just a project that has yet to be completed or still in process. What I was judging success by was based on the time it took to finish, which has nothing to do with whether it ever gets done or is even necessary.

I’m sure if you looked at the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel on day 4 as a complete work you might have though that Michelangelo was not doing his job very well. But you see, that’s the point. At any given moment we are only looking at a piece of the process. While some things so seem to be finished products, or projects we can always re-visit them. This means that we are really only ever looking at a piece of a process. Know this as well that the greatest beauties can come from what seems in the moment to be a disaster.

Don’t stop trying to achieve. Don’t stop dreaming big. In fact, dream bigger and try for more because you can’t ever fail at following your heart’s calling.